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GREENHOUSE CLIMBING PLANTS. 
suggested the idea of exposing them fully to the air, where they will succeed 
admirably. Young plants may be prepared annually from cuttings, about the 
month of August, and kept in a greenhouse, with occasional shiftings if necessary, 
till propitious weather for their transplantation arrives. They should then be 
removed from the pots, and planted in a small mound of soil, composed of nearly 
equal parts of loam and heath-mould, where, releasing them from the erect stakes 
by which, for convenience, they had previously been supported, they can be trained 
to any small trellis and left to bloom till destroyed by frost. Both with these and 
all other plants of this kind, every form of trellis that is either flat, or approxi- 
mates thereto, should be discarded as improper for the purpose ; since the specimen 
has to be viewed from all sides, and the nearer the frame approaches a circular 
shape, the greater symmetry of surface will it present, and the more pleasing will 
be its general contour. 
Lopkospermum eruhescens and scandens exhibit themselves better when trained 
to an erect pole. The latter is, however, dwarf enough for any, even the smallest 
lawn ; and, if allowed to do so, will emit a great number of trailing shoots from 
the base of its stem, which, uninterfered with, will spread around the plant, and very 
powerfully augment its interesting appearance. L. eruhescens may likewise be 
pruned so as not to exceed four feet in height, when it will throw off an abundance 
of lateral shoots ; and, by being attached to a feathered stake, (that is, one with a 
quantity of small side branches,) it will present a very imposing aspect. These 
species must be renewed yearly by cuttings, and managed altogether as Thunhergia 
alata^ while in the greenhouse or frame. 
Maurandya Barclaijana is of a less vigorous habit than the preceding, and more 
fitted to fulfil the design pointed out in this article. If, as we have already 
recommended for Tropceolum peregrinum^ the branches of this plant, after they 
have gained the top of the trellis, be suffered to fall loosely over the sides, a 
decidedly more favourable impression will be created than if it were made to con- 
form to the stiff formality of art ; while the lower portion of the plant, which often 
becomes bare, will be effectually concealed. Owing to the very slender nature of 
its stems, this species cannot be so readily increased as the Lophospermums ; but 
with the same care as is afforded in the propagation of Tropceolum tricolorum, 
cuttings will strike with equal freedom. The plants may be taken from the 
ground and repotted in the autumn, if desired ; but the best plan for securing a 
liberal show of flowers, is to obtain a fresh stock each year. 
Seeds of Loasa laterifia may be sown in a shallow pot about the month of 
August, pricking out the plants into small pots, three in each pot, after the rough 
leaves become apparent. They should be preserved, during winter, on the shelf of 
a greenhouse or dry frame, near the glass ; and, by being planted in the centre of 
a flower-plot, or on any glade of moderate extent, supporting them with the 
branched stakes mentioned for Lopkospermum eruhescens^ they will flower through- 
out the entire summer, until frost occurs to kill them. 
